Happy-sad for my little shelter buddy Larry, who found a forever family

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Saturday, August 29, 2015

I met Larry soon after I started volunteering. After avoiding shelters for most of my life on the fear the experience would be too depressing, I decided to help homeless pets as a way to honor Charlie, my black cat.

Addiction activism: ‘Stop the Circle’ Rally set for Aug. 29 in Veterans Park

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Friday, August 28, 2015

No matter how you have come to the point of exhaustion over the city’s drug epidemic, Aug. 29 is the day to come together for change, and healing as a community.

New beginnings: Start of school means a clean slate – how will you stay motivated and on track?

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Question: School’s almost back in session and between the school supply sales and the almost chilly nights I find myself feeling renewed. I am ready to double down on my diet, start my meditation training I have been putting off, and keep my top desk drawer neat and organized. Trouble is that by September 23 it will all go back to being what it was before. Are there any ways to stick with good intentions so that they last longer than one pencil sharpening?

Public meetings set to discuss NH medicinal marijuana treatment centers

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Monday, August 24, 2015

Two public meetings to discuss the proposed location of therapeutic cannabis cultivation sites in Manchester and Rochester are on the calendar. A meeting in Manchester will be held on August 28 and a second one will
be held in Rochester on September 1.

The Producer: For Jim Roach, timing was – and still is – everything

Saturday, January 18, 2025Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Jim Roach’s reset took him from being a radio station promotions director to his own successful business of staging live shows, often with talent he represents. So what could possibly go wrong?

Grab a Moxie and join me for a nostalgic stroll down the midway at Pine Island Park

Saturday, January 18, 2025Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Let’s face it, the old Queen City hasn’t been the same since the last roller coaster rider tossed his Moxie on the Midway at Pine Island more than 50 years ago.

V-J Day in MHT: Counterfeit breadcrumb confetti, jalopy parade and unplanned pageantry

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Sunday, August 16, 2015

After an anxious week of false alarms – a week in which hopes had been raised and dashed almost hourly – a radio flash at 7:03 p.m. caught the ear of an unknown soldier. He jumped from his table at the Puritan Restaurant and stepped onto Elm Street. His cry, according to newspaper accounts filed by Cpl. Norman Leighton, was simple: ”The war is over!”